[MRCA] Regency Radio Pallet

[Ray Fantini]

Ok, so am seriously planning on starting on a new long term project. This would be restoring and setting up a AN/GRC-215 Regency Network radio pallet. This would include a GRC-215 transceiver, power amplifier, reference assembly and digital control unit. No, I don’t have and will not be looking for the TSEC KG-84 or the KY-65A security equipment but fortunately they include a bypass box on the pallet that allows you to use it without the security equipment installed.

The problem I see right now is according to the manual the digital I/O control system, they call it the D/K assembly looks at the reference oscillator assembly (RFO) and wants to load TOD (Time of Day) data when the system starts and without a valid TOD entry the system is in fault.

Been thru the book a couple times now and it looks like you had to use a key loader like a KYK-13 or maybe a MX-18290 to load the TOD data. They also have a GPS port on the reference assembly but cannot imagine that it would be as easy as just providing NEMA data at that port. Anyone got any ideas?

So far this is a hypothetical project, got a line on the pallet with most of the hardware and now may be in a place where I can get the radio itself so I am trying to see how much more would be involved with this.

Also posted this to the GRC-215 group, who would have thought! Have to wonder if they have a GRC-106 user’s group?



 Ray F/KA3EKH

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